IQ and Psychometric Tests: Assess Your Personality, Aptitude and Intelligence

240 Pages·2007·1.25 MB·English

by  Philip Carter

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IQ AND
PSYCHOMETRIC
TESTS
Assess your personality,
aptitude and intelligence
2nd edition
PHILIP CARTER
London and Philadelphia
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book is accurate, please note that occasional errors can occur in books of
this kind. If you suspect that an error has been made in any of the tests
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below so that it can be corrected at the next reprint.
First published in Great Britain and the United States in 2004
Reprinted 2005
Second edition 2007
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www.kogan-page.co.uk
© Philip Carter, 2004, 2007
The right of Philip Carter to be identified as the author of this work has been
asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
ISBN 978 0 7494 5106 6
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP record for this book is available from the British Library.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Carter, Philip J.
IQ and psychometric tests : assess your personality, aptitude, and intelligence
/ Philip Carter. -- 2nd ed.
p. cm.
ISBN-13: 978-0-7494-5106-6
ISBN-10: 0-7494-5106-8
1. Intelligence tests. 2. Personality tests 3. Self-evaluation. I. Title.
BF431.3.C362 2007
153.9'3--dc22 2007026013
Typeset by Saxon Graphics Ltd, Derby
Printed and bound in India byReplika Press Pvt Ltd
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Contents
Introduction 1
1 Verbal intelligence tests 3
Test 1: Synonym test 3
Test 2: Antonym test 8
Test 3: Analogy test 12
Test 4: Verbal eclectic test 15
2 Culture-fair intelligence tests 21
Test 1: Spatial appreciation A 22
Test 2: Spatial appreciation B 29
3 Numerical calculation and logic 36
Test 1: Calculation and logic A 37
Test 2: Calculation and logic B 41
Test 3: Numerical matrix test 46
4 Logical reasoning 55
Test 1: Logic test A 56
Test 2: Logic test B 65
5 Lateral thinking 74
Test 1: Lateral thinking test A 75
Test 2: Lateral thinking test B 79
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6 Technical aptitude 82
Test 1: Technical aptitude test A 83
Test 2: Technical aptitude test B 88
7 Mental agility 94
Test 1: Speed test A 95
Test 2: Speed test B 100
Test 3: Spatial test 102
Test 4: Mental arithmetic 108
8 IQ tests 111
Test 1: IQ test A 115
Test 2: IQ test B 125
Test 3: IQ test C 138
Test 4: IQ test D 147
9 Creativity 157
Test 1: Imaginative shapes 160
Test 2: Creative logic 161
Test 3: Imagination 165
Test 4: Creative solutions 166
10 Personality tests 170
Test 1: How self-confident are you? 171
Analysis of Test 1 175
Test 2: Success 179
Analysis of Test 2 183
Test 3: How content are you? 186
Analysis of Test 3 190
11 Answers, explanations and assessments 193
Further reading from Kogan Page 235
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Introduction
The aim of this book is first and foremost to entertain, but at the
same time stretch and exercise your mind, and to help you
identify your own particular strengths and weaknesses, by means
of a wide variety and scope of tests and exercises.
As defined by the British Psychological Society, a psychometric
test is an instrument designed to produce a quantitative
assessment of some psychological attribute or attributes. Such
tests are basically tools for measuring the mind and are frequently
used by employers as part of their selection process, to assist them
in providing an accurate assessment of whether an individual is
able to do the required job and whether the person’s character is
suited to the work. A meaning of the word ‘metric’ is measure,
and ‘psycho’ means mind.
The two main types of psychometric tests used are aptitude
tests and personality questionnaires. Aptitude tests, which
include ability and intelligence tests, are designed to assess a
person’s abilities in a specific or general area, while personality
questionnaires help to build up a profile of an individual’s charac-
teristics and personality.
In contrast to specific proficiencies or aptitudes, intelligence
tests (IQ tests) are a standardized examination devised to measure
human intelligence as distinct from attainments. Such a test
consists of a series of questions, exercises and/or tasks which have
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been set to many thousands of examinees, and an average IQ of
100, known as the norm, has been worked out.
On the other hand a personality test is, by definition, designed
to assess personality characteristics and/or forecast interpersonal
difficulties. In addition, some of these tests try to measure
problem-solving ability and determine whether you have the
potential to supervise others.
To enable you to identify your strengths and weaknesses, the
tests in this book have been divided into chapters, each of which
is designed to give an objective assessment of abilities in a number
of different disciplines, for example in verbal understanding,
numeracy, logical reasoning, technical aptitude and lateral
thinking. Chapter 8 consists of four complete IQ tests which
bring together all the different disciplines tested in the previous
seven chapters.
There are also separate chapters devoted to creativity and tests
of personality.
It is now recognized that there are many different types of intel-
ligence and that a high IQ, although desirable, is not the only key
to success. Other characteristics such as outstanding artistic,
creative or practical prowess, especially if combined with
personal characteristics such as ambition, good temperament and
compassion, could result in an outstanding level of success
despite a low measured IQ. It is because of this that in recent
years CQ (Creative Quotient) and EQ (Emotional Quotient), for
example, have come to be regarded as equally important as, or
even more important than, IQ measurement.
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Verbal intelligence tests
Test 1: Synonym test
A synonym is a word that has the same meaning as, or a very
similar meaning to, another word. Examples of synonyms are:
calm and placid, error and mistake, select and choose. This test is
a series of 20 questions designed to test your knowledge of
language and your ability to identify quickly words that have the
same or very similar meanings.
You have 30 minutes to complete the 20 questions. You should
work as quickly as possible as some questions will take more time
to solve than others.
Questions 1 to 5
In the following five questions select the word in brackets
that means the same or has the closest meaning to the word in
capitals.
1. BRUSQUE (crude, curt, unkind, elastic, wieldy)
2. DISTIL (reduce, liquefy, soften, purify, rarefy)
3. SINGULAR (remarkable, free, routine, natural, upright)

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16. Which two words below are most similar to the phrase
‘down-to-earth’?
subservient, dismayed, practical, earthward, explicit,
realistic
17. ROPE OF CREW is an anagram of which two words (5, 5
letters) that are similar in meaning?
Answer:
18. VINCIBLE OIL is an anagram of which two words (4, 7
letters) that are similar in meaning?
Answer:
19. Each square contains the letters of a nine-letter word. Find the
two words, one in each square, that are similar in meaning:
N M O
U E G
O O L L O
Y U O
Q S I
Answer: